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Jim's RC Boat Dock has the foremost online forum for all things rc gas boat-related.
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The International Waters site and forums are the best web source we've found for info on nitro boats.
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| Modelgasboats.com is a great free webzine about -- you guessed it -- model gas boats.
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London, Ontario's Oxford County Crackerboxes club has lots of class-specific info on the 1/4-scale crackerbox racer, a good forum, and great pictures of their NASCAR-inspired boats.
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The Halifax Area Model Yacht Club races Soling 1M yachts at Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth and at the Bedford Yacht Club.
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The Halifax Radio Control Club is our local rc aviation group.
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The North Atlantic Battle Squadron launches skirmishes among 1/144th scale warships armed with BB cannons on Lake Banook in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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Halifax's rc helicopter club.
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The Atlantic Society of Radio Control Modelers is a well-organized local rc flying club with a website full of useful resources.
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A website based in our region devoted to the Graupner Micro Magic rc yacht, with information about buying, building and sailing this model.
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The "other" AMPBC, the Adelaide Model Power Boat Club in Adelaide, Australia, which based on the acronym we assume is an excellent club.
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RETAILERS |
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Halifax's Mighty Small Cars does rc boats too, and Geoff is full of good advice.
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Maritime Hobbies is a Halifax-based local hobby store carrying a wide selection of rc gear. While aimed mainly at the rc flight crowd, there's a great selection of scale boat components and radio gear.
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Despite its name, Blockhouse, Nova Scotia's RC Wings and Wheels has a good selection of marine models, components and accessories, as well as Nova Scotia's best online rc store.
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| Great Hobbies, headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, has a very complete online store for rc.
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Carmen Blois's Need for Speed Hobbies, based in New Brunswick, focuses on Zenoah marine model engines, accessories and performance mods.
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MANUFACTURERS |
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The premier engine for gas rc boats.
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AC Model Boats, based in Kelowna, BC, makes the world-class AC Lazer 45.
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Most of our nitro boats use K&B engines. The company has changed hands a few times and its health is always in issue.
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Marine Specialties carries some of the best hardware for RC boats.
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